Overview
- Nyong'o, who spoke on ABC News Live Prime on Monday, said she hid years of pain and called that silence a feeling of shame.
- She described heavy bleeding, severe clotting, a period that lasted over 30 days, pre-anemia, and deep fatigue.
- The actress said she has had dozens of fibroids over time, with reports noting 25 previously removed and more than 50 still present.
- She is promoting Make Fibroids Count with the Foundation for Women's Health to fund studies on minimally and non-invasive treatments.
- She said she is not ready to choose surgery because it is invasive and could affect future fertility, underscoring how fibroids—noncancerous uterine growths—force hard choices for many patients.